'64 650SS Downunder

Good luck certainly had a lot to do with it. I expected much more water damage in the internals, but evidently there was little oxygen present.

Hope your loss is getting somewhat easier to bear as time goes on.

Well, I guess that's one of the great things about these machines of ours.
They can be frustrating - but also offer a great distraction from other things going on.
I'm fairly certain we all need that at times...

I had a hare-brained brain-fart - others may find useful/homorous/pitiful?

I have been trying to figure a method of lowering the barrels - sufficient to get the base nuts on - but not so low as to mess up the sealing compound (wonderful Norton design feature).
I intend using Loctite 518 - good for cast iron/aluminium joints with no gasket.
I made two bamboo spacers from 5 X 20mm stock, one 39mm long the other 94mm long held to the barrel by a rubber band around the flange - they support the barrel by fitting below the bottom fin.
Anyway, a picture is worth a thousand words so here's four thousand...



You'll note they are close to the front/side stud - have to be to stop the barrel tipping forwards
Chers
Rob

Hey Rob good to see you getting back into it, any news on when the new Commando arrive, my new Thruxton is going great and might be up your way soon for its first big run, need to excape again lol.

Ashley